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[QUOTE="Janner, post: 2149050, member: 739"]
I think this is a fantastic debate, and one of the reasons why I frequent this board as often as I do. On the one side we have struggled in recent years bringing in the top 10 top 20 level recruit, or for that matter, multiple top 30 level recruits in the same class like many of the "major" programs have year in and year out.  Would an assistant coach, who is a very good recruiter, be able to provide enough of a boost to help break us through to the next level? Or would we pick up more of the Gerami Grant/Billy Edilin/Lydon/Richardson's of the world who always seem to leave just one year too early (speaking from the program's perspective, not that of the player and their draft status)?

Or should our program look to pursue a different caliber of player, potentially ones who don't necessarily have the elite NBA level potential that we can develop and get solid contributions from, like a Kennedy Meeks (I understand he was also a McD's all American and highly recruited, but he's useful in this example because he lacked the ideal "NBA skill set" and contributed significantly to their program).  So do we bring in an assistant who can develop the C.J. Fair, Brandon Triche, and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Gbinije'][U]Michael Gbinije[/U][/URL]'s  of the world and work on having a team with a constant core upper classmen?

On a related note/question, how does UNC keep their kids from leaving? 9 of the 15 players on this years team are either Jr's or Sr's, 11 of the 15 last year were JR's or Sr's and they are always littered with MCD types
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